Vytina

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|name = Vytina

|name_local = Βυτίνα

|type = municipal unit

|image_map = DE Vytinas.svg

|map_caption = Location within the regional unit

|periph = Peloponnese

|periphunit = Arcadia

|municipality = Gortynia

|pop_community = 561

|population_as_of = 2021

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|pop_municunit = 1036

|area_municunit = 139.3

|elevation = 1036

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|postal_code = 220 10

|area_code = 27950

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|website = [http://www.dimosvitinas.gr www.dimosvitinas.gr]

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File:Vytina.jpg

Vytina ({{langx|el|Βυτίνα}}, Vytína) is a mountain village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. It is considered a traditional settlement. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is a municipal unit.{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=Government Gazette}} The municipal unit has an area of 139.309 km².{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf|publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece|title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)|language=el}} The seat of the municipality was the village Vytina. The village is located at the foot of the mountain range Mainalo. The area produces marble, a variation called the Black of Vytina.

Vytina is 10 km east of Levidi, 15 km northeast of Dimitsana and 24 km northwest of Tripoli. The Greek National Road 74 (Tripoli - Pyrgos) passes through Vytina. The ancient Arcadian city Methydrion was located near Vytina.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Vytina is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):

Elati
Kamenitsa (Kamenitsa, Karvouni)
Lasta (Lasta, Agridaki)
Magouliana (Magouliana, Pan)
Nymfasia
Pyrgaki (Pyrgaki, Methydrio)
Vytina (Vytina, Moni Panagias Kernitsis)

Population history

Year	Village	Community	Municipal unit
class="wikitable"
1981	-	876	-
1991	824	-	1,993
2001	885	999	2,012
2011	652	666	1,116
2021	552	561	1,036

Climate

Due to its altitude and inland location, Vytina has a temperate climate with cold and snowy winters and warm summers with pleasant nights. Precipitation is abundant year round.

{{Weather box

| location = Vytina (1.013m)

| metric first = yes

| single line = yes

| Jan high C = 7.6

| Feb high C = 10.5

| Mar high C = 12.7

| Apr high C = 16

| May high C = 22.2

| Jun high C = 26.2

| Jul high C = 29.3

| Aug high C = 30.3

| Sep high C = 25.5

| Oct high C = 19.8

| Nov high C = 14.8

| Dec high C = 9.8

| Jan low C = -1.4

| Feb low C = -0.8

| Mar low C = 0.2

| Apr low C = 3

| May low C = 6

| Jun low C = 9.8

| Jul low C = 12.8

| Aug low C = 13.1

| Sep low C = 9.7

| Oct low C = 5.9

| Nov low C = 3.2

| Dec low C = 1.6

| Jan precipitation mm = 193.3

| Feb precipitation mm = 68.5

| Mar precipitation mm = 83.9

| Apr precipitation mm = 73.5

| May precipitation mm = 35

| Jun precipitation mm = 70.7

| Jul precipitation mm = 58.1

| Aug precipitation mm = 54.2

| Sep precipitation mm = 42.2

| Oct precipitation mm = 94.2

| Nov precipitation mm = 113.4

| Dec precipitation mm = 213.9

| source = http://penteli.meteo.gr/stations/vytina/ (2019 – 2021 averages)

}}

People

The father of the historian Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Dimitrios Paparrigopoulos was born in Vytina. Other important Vytiniots include the explorer Panayotis Potagos, the jurist Vasileios Oikonomidis, the provost marshal Ioannis Dimakopoulos, the iconographer Othon Giavopoulos and Kollias Vytiniotis.